Maybelline's Tongue Piercing

Okay, for those of you who are reading this because you're debating getting your tongue pierced, I'm gonna start off by admitting that under most circumstances I'm a pretty big wuss. I always thought tongue piercing was awesome but I was positive I'd never have the guts to go through with it, & never even really considered it. I really wanted to get my bellybutton done, & I have no idea what made me just out of nowhere decide to get my tongue done instead. I just woke up one morning & decided that I would go do it...but I was pretty scared & thought most likely I'd chicken out. I didn't tell anyone I was going to, either. But when it came down to it, I felt I'd be less nervous if I had some moral support, so I called up my friend Rae & asked her if she wanted to go to Van Wert to Professional Touch (the place I got it done) with me. She asked if I was gonna get another tattoo (I have 2 & I had gotten them there too), & I said, "No, I THINK I'm gonna get my tongue pierced!" She was like, ""Haha, what
do you mean you THINK you're going to?" but she said yeah & we were on our way.

So we got there & lucky for me there was a chick just finishing up getting hers done, & her b/f was getting ready to get his done. I asked her did it hurt very much & she just shook her head no, but she looked a little woozy & that didn't sit too well with me, so I asked her b/f if he would mind if I kinda peeked in while Billy (the Piercing Guy) did his, & he said no he didn't mind, so Rae & I watched him get it done...he kinda flinched a little when Billy stuck him, & again I was nonplussed, so when Billy got done & looked out at us I pretended like I was looking at some tattoo books. Well obviously he knew what was up because he came out & asked if I was ready to get pierced, & I was like um, I dunno dude. I told him I was pretty nervous about it, I had heard that you can bleed to death if they hit a vein or something, & I asked him if that ever happened to him, & he goes, "Only twice, last week" & then laughed & I felt like a real ditz, which he no doubt thought I was as well, but he was SOOOO
nice. He said it doesn't hurt as bad as biting your tongue does, which I found hard to believe although he seemed very earnest about it. The guy who had done my tattoos came out & I waved at him & told Billy he had done both of my tatts & he said that if you can stand a tattoo then a piercing is NOTHING. So I said f*ck it, let's do it.

I did the ritual of waiver-signing & ID-showing (I'm 27 but I get carded all the time so I wasn't too surprised), & Billy asked me if I had eaten good that day, but all I had eaten was some french fries early that afternoon, & this was about 7 PM. He said I should go get something to eat first but I knew if I left without a bar through my tongue I'd never come back! I told him as much, & he thought that was pretty funny too but he warned me that I'd regret not eating first & I said that was ok, I'd deal with that later.

Now for the gory detailz...I went & sat in The Chair, it looked like a dentist's chair kinda, & he had me rinse with Gold Listerine, & told me to stick out my tongue as far as I could. So I did that & he goes, "Jesus Christ I could pierce that f*cker 4 or 5 times!"! He was so awesome, I mean he made me feel so much more comfortable than I thought I would be! He had put on some latex gloves at some point, probably when I was eyeballing the hellacious needle in my jewelry packet, & he marked my tongue with a dot. Oh yeah & whenever I first laid eyes on the barbell I was getting, I told him it was going to be way too huge but he said you need to have a longer one to start out in order to accomodate the swelling, because a too-short barbell can cause alot of problems when it's swelled. So I said okay & he then had me stick out my tongue again & put the clamps on it, which did NOT hurt by the way. I wouldn't even say it was really uncomfortable. Anyways, he got the needle & when he got it close I kinda
went, "WAIT!", but he just kinda whispers like a lover, "Just close your eyes..." & when he said that I have to say I wasn't thinking about that needle anymore cause he was a hottie, I forgot to mention! hehe! So I closed my eyes & it's hard to describe the feeling. I felt it but it wasn't pain, it sort of felt like pushing on your tongue with a tongue depressor, & a VERY SLIGHT sting, that I didn't consider painful either, & he goes, "That's the pain!" & dropped the barbell through the needle, put on the bottom ball, & that was that. I started to get up but he told me to sit tight for a second while rinsing with more Listerine & oh yeah some Gly-Oxide, & he went to get my aftercare packet. I looked over at Rae & she asked if I was okay, & I said heck yes, & it was real weird because I felt sorta light-headed, almost like I had a buzz on or something...maybe an adrenaline rush, I don't know. Pretty soon Billy came back & gave me the instructions & told me what NOT to do that night (no oral
sex or whiskey), & I talked to him for a few minutes then we left to get my Gold Listerine (he told me NOT to use the green or blue kinds!) & some Gly-Oxide. I couldn't believe it didn't hurt!

As Billy had warned me, I got extremely hungry that night but I wasn't about to jeopardize my new piercing, so I went to bed hungry, & was alarmed when I woke up the next morning because there was some crusty-looking blood around the top hole, & it hurt a little, but I figured that was to be expected. I ended up eating cold spagetti-o's ALL DAY LONG, & that wasn't too tasty but again I thought it a small price to pay.

The next day the pain was pretty comparable to the 2nd day. I had started taking about 800 milligrams of Motrin every 4 hours the night I got it done (kids don't try this at home), but it seemed after the 3rd day it was worse & worse every day! I started to think there was something wrong with it, because it got to the point that I couldn't even talk, but there was no discharge from it & I didn't think it looked like it was TOO swelled, so on Friday (the 6th day) I called up Professional Touch & asked them how long is it supposed to hurt, & they said up to 10 days although it doesn't bother some people at all. Lucky them. Anyway, Friday night I went out drinking with my friends, & when I woke up Saturday it didn't hurt at all. Cool.

I've now had it done for 2 months. Last week it started hurting again but I think that was because I ate some Hot Fries & got them down in the hole or something, & I couldn't get either one of the balls off to check it out. So today I went & got the barbell downsized. The post is shorter but the balls are much bigger & it's WAY more comfortable. I totally love it, & have no regrets whatsoever. Even knowing about the pain afterwards I'd still do it again, although I'd eat first this time.

Today when I was in there getting it changed, a 16-year old & her moms came in to get the daughter's tongue pierced, & I thought that was so cool of her mom to bring her. I have a 2 year old son, & when he gets older I will take him if he wants it done. I mean, Parents, if your kid wants it done bad enough, & you tell them no, they're going to want it even more, & they'll go to some crappy place that doesn't care about age or cleanliness or anything but the money, & they could get into real trouble with it...so ya might as well do your part to be sure they get it done by a professional in a professional atmosphere. That's just my opinion.

Email me if ya want!
maybelline@angelfire.com

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